Fall 2011 TEA and ILEP Alumni Small Grants Award Recipients Announced

IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the fall 2011 TEA and ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. 20 alumni of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) and 11 alumni of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) will receive funding to support their innovative small grant project ideas.

Twice a year, IREX funds a diverse array of small grant projects implemented by a global pool of TEA and ILEP program alumni spanning over 50 countries. The grants, which run up to $5,000, support alumni in confronting challenges that affect secondary education, human rights, and development in their classrooms and communities.

Projects awarded this cycle include an initiative to integrate Egyptian youth into the formal job market, a workshop series on technology and leadership skills for disabled Kyrgyz children, and a conflict management training module for Russian youth.

Congratulations and good luck to all the grant winners as they build a better world for international education through their grant projects. IREX is currently accepting applications for the next round of TEA and ILEP Alumni Small Grants; the deadline for applications is February 1, 2012. TEA and ILEP alumni are highly encouraged to apply here: http://oas.irex.org/asg_tea_ilep.

TEA and ILEP are programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX.

Fall 2011 TEA Alumni Small Grant Recipients and Project Titles

Zhainagul Abdyraeva (TEA 2009, Kyrgyzstan): Happy English: Student-Centered English Teaching Tools

Raphael Aidoo-Taylor (TEA 2010, Ghana): Integrating Technology into the Classroom

Eliza Akhtemova (TEA 2009, Kyrgyzstan): Student Support Resource Center

Marine Arakelyan (TEA 2004, Armenia): Lesson Planning and Design Assessment Tools

Natalya Babiy (TEA 2010, Russia): Teachers to Teachers Professional Development Conference

Svetlana Chernobay (TEA 2002, Russia): Innovations in Teaching Civics

Tatyana Dorofeyeva (TEA 1997, Russia): Training Program on Organization and Supervision of Student Research

Hasnain Imam (TEA 2008, India): Workshop on Creative Teaching Methods for Urdu-Hindi Secondary School Teachers

Guillermo Lopez Ossa (TEA 2010, Colombia): Project Capaz: Developing a Culture of Peace in Colombia

Modou Mbaye (TEA 2010, Senegal): Motivating Students to Write

Zaripova Munavar (TEA 2007, Tajikistan): Teacher Training Resource Center

Fotima Rafikova (TEA 2011, Uzbekistan): Learning and Using Ubiquitous English

Yanilis Romero (TEA 2009, Colombia): My English House: Access to English Resources for Teachers and Students in Colombia

Sanihur Rumi (TEA 2007, Bangladesh): Project-Based Learning Trainings & Creation of Trainee Association

Ratbu Satarova (TEA 2007 Kyrgyzstan): Disabled Children's Technology Camp

Ruslana Shamanska (TEA 2008, Ukraine): Healthy School: Physical and Mental Health Trainings for Teachers and Students

Astra Shekenbaeva (TEA 2008, Kyrgyzstan): Updated English Textbooks, Innovative Teaching Methods

Liudmyla Talashkevych (TEA 2009, Ukraine): Tutoring Creative English

Mabel Tisera (TEA 2010, Argentina): Better Learning in a Better Classroom: Teacher Training Strategies for English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

Larisa Tsydenova (TEA 2006, Russia): Tolerance as a Better Way Fall 2011

ILEP Alumni Small Grant Recipients and Project Titles

Ibrahim Ahmed (ILEP 2007, Egypt): Training New Teachers to Turn from Theory to Practice

Mohamed El Naggar (ILEP 2008, Egypt): Empowering Youth through Learning Core Skills

Christine Guinacaran (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Enhancing Reading Instruction for Big Classes

Sharifah Hassan (ILEP 2007, Malaysia): Ready to Write

Rowena Hibanada (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Read-Along Caravan: A Peer Tutoring and Read-along Program

Md. Enamul Hoque (ILEP 2007, Bangladesh): Student Collaboration in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classrooms: Teacher’s Techniques

Md. Saiful Islam (ILEP 2011, Bangladesh): ICT in Education: Professional Development Training of Secondary School Teachers

Ayman Mahmoud (ILEP 2010, Egypt): Creative Methods for Promoting Reading Skills

Vincent Kizza Matovu (ILEP 2011, Uganda): Teacher Training: Science Inquiry Pedagogy

Winfred Naikoba (ILEP 2011, Uganda): Enhancing Teaching and Learning through the Incorporation of Technology in the Classroom

Shaji Philip (ILEP 2007, India): Collaborative Cross-Training on Language Arts Methods